Read MoreA year later a bond is up for vote in North Kitsap School District. A bond worth approximately $264 million dollars. That’s right. And guess what? We are back to where we started. Despite competent and good minds working on this project, it failed to include one of our schools on Tribal lands - why?
Read MoreUn año después, un bono se somete a votación en el Distrito Escolar de North Kitsap. Un bono por un valor aproximado de $264 millones de dólares. Así es. ¿Y adivina qué? Estamos de vuelta donde empezamos. A pesar de que en este proyecto trabajaron mentes competentes y buenas, no se pudo incluir una de nuestras escuelas en tierras tribales. ¿Por qué?
Read MoreMi hija Sara Yousef tiene 20 años y es de Rafah, Gaza, Palestina. Ella vino a nuestra familia en 2019 como estudiante de intercambio a través del Programa YES, un programa del Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. que brinda becas a estudiantes de secundaria de países de mayoría musulmana para estudiar en los EE. UU. Sara vivió con nosotros en Bainbridge Island y asistió a la escuela secundaria Central Kitsap.
Read MoreMy daughter Sara Yousef is a 20-year-old from Rafah, Gaza, Palestine. She came into our family in 2019 as an exchange student through the YES Program, US State Department program which provides scholarships to high school students from Muslim-majority countries to study in the US. Sara lived with us on Bainbridge Island and attended Central Kitsap High School.
Hace poco le había dicho a mi papá que estaba embarazada; Esta fue mi cuarta vez. El tercer embarazo terminó en el primer trimestre y él estaba nervioso de que yo volviera a quedar embarazada. Para él, mi aborto espontáneo anterior significaba que el embarazo es peligroso y podría morir.
Read MoreI had recently told my dad I was pregnant; this was my fourth time. The third pregnancy ended in the first trimester, and he was nervous for me to be pregnant again. To him, my prior miscarriage meant pregnancy is dangerous and I could die. I was irritated at his remarks, unable to see it was his immense love for me coming through as worry. I was his baby, and he didn’t want to ever lose me.
Read MoreThe truth is that in American society’s democratic ideal, public schools are for everyone. Even though the reality is that public schools were designed with a narrower focus on serving the white and wealthy, it is very clear now that this is not the goal. Public schools are one of the few spaces, along with public libraries, where American society at all socioeconomic levels, racial/ethnic identities, and abilities are welcome to learn without an expectation of spending money.
Read MoreThe truth is that in American society’s democratic ideal, public schools are for everyone. Even though the reality is that public schools were designed with a narrower focus on serving the white and wealthy, it is very clear now that this is not the goal. Public schools are one of the few spaces, along with public libraries, where American society at all socioeconomic levels, racial/ethnic identities, and abilities are welcome to learn without an expectation of spending money.
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